Flat-iron heater



E. A. 'NELMS.

E'ATER ed Fb.- 8, 1887.

l mm Smfm9 EUGENE A. NELMS, 0F' ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

FLAT-IRON HEATER.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 357,406, da.tedFebruary 8, 1887.

Applieation filed August T, 1856.

Be iE known EhaE I, EUGENE A. NELMS, a citizen 0f Ehe United Staates 0fAmerica, residing a1: Atlanta, in Ehe counEy 0f Fulton and SEaEe ofGeorgia, have invented cerEain new and useful Improvements in Sad-IronHeaters;

and I do hereby deelare Ehe following Eo be a fnll, elear, and exaeEdeseripEion 0f Ehe in vent ion, snch as Will enable 0Ehers skilled inEhe arE Eo Which iE appertains Eo make ancl use Ehe san1e, referenceheing had E0 Ehe aeeompanyingdrawlngs and t0 letters orfigures 0freference marked Ehereon, which f0rm a perlt 0f Ehis specification.

My invention relates Eo eertain uewaud usefulimprovemehts in flaEironheaters, Ehe 0bjeeE of seid invention being Eo provide a eheap andeffective heater 01 st0ve which is adapted t0 burn eit-her charcoal 01hard eoal as fuel, seid heater being provided ab its sides WiEh d001sand means f0r supporEing the flata'rons, so Eh2 mE Ehe b0.dy porEion 0fEhe iron Will be exposed t0 Ehe fuel, whi1e Ehe handle will projeeEEhrough Ehe side Walls 0f the heater; and Eo Ehis end my invenEionconsists in Ehe Constrnction and eornbinaEion of Ehe parts, as will behereinafter fully seE f0rlh, and specifically pointed ouE in Ehe elaims.

In Ehe accompanying drawings, which illus- EraEe my invention, Figure lis a perspective view 0f a sad-iron heaEer eonsfiruetecl in aeeordancewiEh myinVention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical secEional view.

A refers Eo Ehe b0dy porEion 0f Ehe flaE-ir0n heater, which ispreferably rcetangular in crossseeEion, Ehough f0r Ehe pnrpose 0faccommodaEing more Ehen four flaE-irons seid body porEion may be eiEherlive er six sided or ocEagonal.

The side plates, A, of- Ehe heater. are preferably made up ofsheeE-iron, 2Llld are con neeted. E0 each 0Eher at Eheir edges and aEEheir E0p and ho Etom porEions by plaEes a ahd b, and Eo Ehe lowercorners are atEached suitable supporting-legs. The t0p platze, a, may beprovided With suitable perforations and wiEh a damper, B, wiEhcorresponcling perforabions, so EhaE when Ehe damper is placed so EhaEEhe perforaEionswill register Ehe products of eomlousEion Will passthrough seid perforations Over Ehe damper B may be plaeed a pipe forconveying Ehe products of eombustion Sexi:1l N0. 2l0,345. (N0 model.)

Eo achimney. If desirable, Ehe npper pla Ee a, may be provicled wiEh ah00d instead of-a pipe. Euch of Ehe side plates, A, is provided wiEhdoors C, which eure hinged Eo 0ne side 0f Ehe 0penings D in Ehe sideplates, A. These hinged do0rs 0 are ea0h provi cled near Eheir centralportions with vertical slots c, which 2me 0f a snfficient widEh t0receive Ehe handles of Ehe flaE-irons. The portion 0f Ehe doors nearesbEhe hinges is provided wiEh re cesses c, within which Ehe handles 0f EheflaE- irons are plaeed, so that Ehe weighE 0f seid 'iron will resE uponEhe porbion of Ehe dogr nearesb Ehe supporting-hinges. Beneath Ehe slotsc the d001s are provided With transverse strips e, which are riveteclEhereEo 01' easE wiEh Ehe (1001, a portion of said strips projeebing aErighE angles Eo Ehe (leer, and fr0xn Ehenee upwvardly, and upon Ehehorizontal porEion 0f Ehese sErips e Ehe eml 01 Ehe sad ir0n Will bear.The notches c in Ehe (1001, besicles Ehrowing Ehe weighE 0f EheflaE-iron np0n Ehe side 0f Ehe door nearesb Ehe hinges, will alsoprevenE Ehe flaE-iron tilting when Ehe-door is opened.

VVhen hard coal is used as a. fuel up0n Ehe" grate E, I attaeh Eo Ehe(1001 a benE plate, F, which forms, with Ehe d001, an open-ended box 0fsuffieient size E0 receive Ehe fl:EE-iron so as Eo proteeb Ehe samefrornEhe action 0f Ehe fuel. This box also serves Eo sErengthen Ehe door andprevenb Ehe parts separazing laterully 3.17 Eheir upper ends.

If desired, when Ehe Eransverse sErip e is employed, Ehe d001' (J isprovided aE its upper end wiEh a lighE bar, e, which is attached E0 Ehesides 0f Ehe door and projects sufficientzly inwardly Eo allow Ehe ironEo pass Ehroug'h Ehe (Ehe sad-iron heater herei1ibefore deserihe'd iseomparatively cheap in consEruction and is effeeEive 1n operaEion.

'lhe doors hereinbefore described may be readily app1ied t0 base-burningstoves 01' ordinary consbrnction, and I do notwish to 1imit myself totl1e speeial consbruction andarrangementof be parts herein shown anddeseribed, but reserve the righb to modify 0r change my invention withinthe scope Of my claims.

I claim 1. The con1bination, with the body 0f a heater constructedsubstantially as shown, 0f the swingiug doors O, provided with centmlslots, und lateral notches opening fron1 said slots ab the base and nearthe upper ends uhereof, within whieh notehes will rast the handles ofthe fiat irons, substantially as shown, and for the purpose seb forth.

2. 'Ihe eombination, With the body 0f a. heater, of be hinged door O,provided with a centml slot, c, and'a bearing plate 01 rast, e, attachedb0 the (1001 beneath the s10t, substantially as shown, and for thepurpose sei; forth.

3. In a saddron heater, the body thereof constructed substantially asdescribed, in combineition With the hinged doors O, provided eentrallywibh a vertical slot, c, and a pockeb with an open upper end attaehed tot-he inner side of the door for the reception of the body portion oftheflat-ironsubstantially as shown, and f0r bhe purpose set forbh.

4. In combination wibh the body 0f a sadiron heater, the hinged doors O,provided cantra1ly wibh a verbical s1ot having notches c, openinglaterally from said s1ob, transverse pl'abes e, attached to the bottomporbion of bhe door and adapted 110 Support the iron, and a. transversebar 01 loop, e attached to the upper portion Of the door, substantiallyas shown, and for the pnrpose sei: forbh.

5. In combination wibh the body of aheater, the hinged (1001 providedwith a vertieal s]ob having notches c c, locatsed 130 one side of saidslot, and a transverse plate, e, Wit-h an upburned edge abtaehed tO thed oor near its bobtom porbion, so as t0 Support the sad-iron,substantially as shown, and for t-he purpose sei; forth.

In testimony whereof I affix m y si gnature in presence 0f twowitnesses.

v EUGENE A; NELMS.

W1'tnesses:

E. -W. JOHNSON, JOHN E. BEALL.

